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i have been around her in my civil rights roll and other rolls, show it for a journalist? >> she's like a sister friend, asking about your family, how your mom is, how is everybody, where are you from? just a genuine interest in your job. if you're a journalist or pastor, she has a general interest and concern in others and that comes through. that has been beneficial to barack because he sometimes can't have that hands on with everyone. michelle can do that, she's very good at it and it helped in her career and helped barack a great deal. >> he showed how crazy he was about her in a speech last week, watch this. >> how about the first lady, michelle obama? she is a tough act to follow. for the gentlemen out there who are not yet married, let me just explain to you, your goal is to improve your gene pool, by marrying somebody superior to you. >> alison
i have been around her in my civil rights roll and other rolls, show it for a journalist? >> she's like a sister friend, asking about your family, how your mom is, how is everybody, where are you from? just a genuine interest in your job. if you're a journalist or pastor, she has a general interest and concern in others and that comes through. that has been beneficial to barack because he sometimes can't have that hands on with everyone. michelle can do that, she's very good at it and it...
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many of the civil rights groups are out here. we are now dealing with this, the threat to our right to vote is real. and we're not going to let them turn back the clock as congressman lewis said. joining me now is alex wagner host of "now with alex wagner" here on msnbc. and e.j. dionne with the washington post. thanks both for coming on tonight. >> good to be here. >> let me ask you, e.j. you were in the hall when congressman john lewis was speaking. we could see from the shots some people in the audience appeared moved. some had teared up. what was the reaction as you got it on the floor? >> well, it was an overwhelming reaction. no one is more qualified to make a moral case for equal voting rights than john lewis. this is a very brave and very good man. i think people regardless of their politics know that that's true. and the room was electrified. because this is a very fundamental thing. we talk about in political terms how some of these laws might make it harder for president obama to win. but the idea that on one day every
many of the civil rights groups are out here. we are now dealing with this, the threat to our right to vote is real. and we're not going to let them turn back the clock as congressman lewis said. joining me now is alex wagner host of "now with alex wagner" here on msnbc. and e.j. dionne with the washington post. thanks both for coming on tonight. >> good to be here. >> let me ask you, e.j. you were in the hall when congressman john lewis was speaking. we could see from the...
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i think basically it's a civil rights issue. it's under the law that we have the right to affect a union, a covenant, a relationship, a marriage if you will. between two consenting people. >> now, we also are dealing with the threat of voter rights with the voter id laws. every year you convene us at the bridge where you led the original 65 march. this year, voter id, we left and reenacted as you did many times thewalk from selma to montgomery around voter id and voter suppression. as one of those that walked shoulder to shoulder and shared the board for sclce, how do you view it in 2012. >> they became popular, these id laws and regulations under the republican administrations. and they insist on that raising the question about fraud, voter fraud, and i guess their suggesting that people vote twice, or vote more than once. i tell you, i wish i could find some african-americans who are guilty of voting twice. we have a devil of a time every election getting them to vote once, let alone twice. so i think the issue of voter fraud
i think basically it's a civil rights issue. it's under the law that we have the right to affect a union, a covenant, a relationship, a marriage if you will. between two consenting people. >> now, we also are dealing with the threat of voter rights with the voter id laws. every year you convene us at the bridge where you led the original 65 march. this year, voter id, we left and reenacted as you did many times thewalk from selma to montgomery around voter id and voter suppression. as one...
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fight for civil rights, women rights, states' rights is really, really apthreat cal to both. the national government has had to protect a lot of citizens against states' rights and for him to go unchallenged on that war was unthinkable. thanks for your time tonight. >>> a criminal probe launched against republicans committing voter fraud. big story. that's next. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing a reason...to look twice. introducing a stunning work of technology -- the entirely new lexus es. and the first-ever es hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> finally tonight, a criminal investigation is under way in florida. the florida department of law enforcement is probing a republican voter registration firm that was hired by the republican national committee. we reported about strategic allied consulting. the firm's accused of registering dead people as gop voters on submitting renlg strakss with fake addresses, and of having similar looking signatures on voter forms. the firm's run by my than sproel. in the past, he's been investigated for tricking democrats i
fight for civil rights, women rights, states' rights is really, really apthreat cal to both. the national government has had to protect a lot of citizens against states' rights and for him to go unchallenged on that war was unthinkable. thanks for your time tonight. >>> a criminal probe launched against republicans committing voter fraud. big story. that's next. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing a reason...to look twice. introducing a stunning work of technology -- the...
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, our second civil rights movement, and it also solidifies the latino vote for the democratic party for years to come. >> i noticed tonight we had mr. axelrod on and he mentioned immigration and 71% of latinos did vote for the president yesterday. a very large number. congressman cleaver, when you look at the issues facing the congress and this administration, deficit deduction, tax reform, climate change, alternate energy, what do you think is the possible bipartisan ent tray to begin this conversation of new spirit in washington? >> well, i think that we've got to be very careful when we start off after we go back next week and that we ought to -- my suggestion to the president and to the leadership in the house is that we not bring up any of the incidiary issues, that we do something rather simple and that everybody can agree on. we should be able to agree on a farm bill having had the worst drought since the dust bowl so it's going to be difficult to come up with that. let me just say, i agree that john boehner wants to make the trains run on time and i think he is an old time ohio
, our second civil rights movement, and it also solidifies the latino vote for the democratic party for years to come. >> i noticed tonight we had mr. axelrod on and he mentioned immigration and 71% of latinos did vote for the president yesterday. a very large number. congressman cleaver, when you look at the issues facing the congress and this administration, deficit deduction, tax reform, climate change, alternate energy, what do you think is the possible bipartisan ent tray to begin...
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. ♪ >>> the case of trayvon martin calls for justice in many of us from national civil rights groups and national media will be in florida this thursday with a national rally to support this family. joining me now is trayvon's father, tracey martin, and family attorney. tracey, first of all, thank you for joining us, and let me say first and foremost that we give our condolences to you for your loss and all of your family. secondly, i must commend you and trayvon's mother for the dignity in which you have handled this extremely difficult situation. >> yes, sir. >> first of all, give people a sense of what the family is calling for, mr. martin? >> first and foremost i would like to thank you for having me on. the family is calling for justice. we don't want our son to be -- we don't want our son's death to be in vain. we're looking for answers. we have not received any answers, can and we just don't understand. i don't have any understanding as to why my son is dead to this day. >> now, attorney krump, we spoke and worked on civil rights cases, i can't for the life of me understand ho
. ♪ >>> the case of trayvon martin calls for justice in many of us from national civil rights groups and national media will be in florida this thursday with a national rally to support this family. joining me now is trayvon's father, tracey martin, and family attorney. tracey, first of all, thank you for joining us, and let me say first and foremost that we give our condolences to you for your loss and all of your family. secondly, i must commend you and trayvon's mother for the...
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they were talking about getting rid of labor rights. civil rights. human rights. women's rights. we cannot let that happen. the 99% in this country are going to battle back and they are going to say enough is enough. we are frustrated and angry and we are going to get our votes out. >> as we look around the country, certain the president is going on a partisan side of this. president's campaign has set up these field offices in colorado, 55 field officers to romney's 13 in florida. 77 obama's to 46 by romney. and iowa, 62 to 13 by romney. and north carolina where you are, 49 to romney's 19. ohio, 75 to romney's 35. it seems that they are opening up these field offices to do a real ground campaign while the romney campaign seems to be doing air strike through media buy. >> make no mistake about it, we would not be able to compete with the amount of dollars, amount of money that the republicans and their friends are going to put into this race. i'm telling you, we are going to reach out and touch. reach out and touch our coalition partners. we are going to knock on those doors in e
they were talking about getting rid of labor rights. civil rights. human rights. women's rights. we cannot let that happen. the 99% in this country are going to battle back and they are going to say enough is enough. we are frustrated and angry and we are going to get our votes out. >> as we look around the country, certain the president is going on a partisan side of this. president's campaign has set up these field offices in colorado, 55 field officers to romney's 13 in florida. 77...
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. >> up next, a civil rights milestone. james meredith at ole miss. stay with us. look at those toys. insurance must be expensive. nah. [ dennis' voice ] i bet he's got an allstate agent. they can save you up to 30% more by bundling your policies. well his dog's stupid. [ dennis' voice ] poodles are one of the world's smartest breeds. are you in good hands? >>> 50 years ago today, we saw the beginning of a fight against segregation that forever changed the civil rights movement in had this country. on september 20th, 1962, james meredith walked into the campus of the university of mississippi, trying to become the first african-american to attend ole miss. meredith had a federal court order saying he should be allowed to register. but he was physically blocked from enrolling by state officials. and massive crowds that spiraled out of control. and became a national story. >> nearly 6,000 troops patrol oxford to maintain order and arrests amount to more than 200 as smaller disturbances erupt the next day. >> president kennedy addressed the nation, calling on the crow
. >> up next, a civil rights milestone. james meredith at ole miss. stay with us. look at those toys. insurance must be expensive. nah. [ dennis' voice ] i bet he's got an allstate agent. they can save you up to 30% more by bundling your policies. well his dog's stupid. [ dennis' voice ] poodles are one of the world's smartest breeds. are you in good hands? >>> 50 years ago today, we saw the beginning of a fight against segregation that forever changed the civil rights movement...
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but as the democrat are more pro-civil rights, black people shifted to where their interests lie. don't the republicans understand the way to get latino votes and other votes is not putting people on the stage but dealing with the interests in the policies? >> the gop used to have chairman that understood that very well. ken melman understood that and wanted to reach out. michael steele, another former republican party chairman who wanted to reach out to african-americans and latinos to broaden the tent of the party because the party can't survive unless it expands and unless -- particularly expands to include latino voters. and right now, you know, this tent the republican party tent is extremely closed. >> governor, let me end this with you. romney's struggling to win over several groups of voters. according to recent nbc poll, should he be courting them? not pushing them further away in your opinion? 41% of women say they support him. 0% of blacks. 26% of latinos. if you were talking to him tonight before the big speech, should he be courts them or trying to play off of them, u
but as the democrat are more pro-civil rights, black people shifted to where their interests lie. don't the republicans understand the way to get latino votes and other votes is not putting people on the stage but dealing with the interests in the policies? >> the gop used to have chairman that understood that very well. ken melman understood that and wanted to reach out. michael steele, another former republican party chairman who wanted to reach out to african-americans and latinos to...
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>> replacing any of the liberal justices would be catastrophic for women rights, civil rights, regulation, for the social safety net and you cannot underestimate how much how much of a change it would be. they have been preparing for this for a long time. they have spent the last few years passing the pro-choice that they want to challenge and use it as a vehicle to get up to the supreme court but even take the one that we've got, which is, with the lead over placing sandra day o'connor is not as sympathetic to abortion rights as it used to be and they would like to lay the groundwork to bit by bit chip away at roe v. wade which to be catastrophic to women, particularly marginalized women, particularly low-income women. >> now, vice president biden came out swinging about mr. romney not denouncing mourdock. laura, listen to this and give me your reaction. >> they can't even get up the gumption to condemn the statements made by two of their candidates for the united states senate. it's not enough to tell me, you don't agree. it's having the courage to stand up and say what they said was wr
>> replacing any of the liberal justices would be catastrophic for women rights, civil rights, regulation, for the social safety net and you cannot underestimate how much how much of a change it would be. they have been preparing for this for a long time. they have spent the last few years passing the pro-choice that they want to challenge and use it as a vehicle to get up to the supreme court but even take the one that we've got, which is, with the lead over placing sandra day o'connor...
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who cares about our leader, therefore, cares about the civil rights movement. and it was a turning point because, remember, most, most blacks were republicans at the time. >> including daddy king was a republican. >> including daddy king, who said, i'm going to be voting democratic. now, second thing that happened, and that was, donors started getting on christie's case. they started calling. they didn't call these million dollar donors, they didn't call saying, can i write you a check? how can i help you? they said, why are you so cozy with the president at a time when people didn't have homes, power, food, and were losing lives. that's what turned this around. christie did the right thing. and i suspect that he's going to be the winner in the end. >> well, michelle, the fact is that "the times" reported the negative reaction, the people around christie off guard and the reaction by the donors, christie and them were totally surprised. it says, let me read a quote, mr. christie and his advisers were startled to hear from out of state toners to mr. romney who h
who cares about our leader, therefore, cares about the civil rights movement. and it was a turning point because, remember, most, most blacks were republicans at the time. >> including daddy king was a republican. >> including daddy king, who said, i'm going to be voting democratic. now, second thing that happened, and that was, donors started getting on christie's case. they started calling. they didn't call these million dollar donors, they didn't call saying, can i write you a...
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we marched to remember the sacrifices of those who marched and died for the civil rights of this country and the right to vote of its people. now we're seeing people stand up for those rights again, literally standing for hours in ohio and florida, just to exercise their right to vote. when you head to the polls tomorrow, it might be cold. it might be raining. in florida it might be hot. you may not like to face the long lines or maybe not like the inconvenience or there may be poll watchers trying to intimidate you. but you must remember, the long struggle to secure your right to vote. my mother passed in march of this year, she came north and had my sister and i and raised us in new york. she could not vote in her
we marched to remember the sacrifices of those who marched and died for the civil rights of this country and the right to vote of its people. now we're seeing people stand up for those rights again, literally standing for hours in ohio and florida, just to exercise their right to vote. when you head to the polls tomorrow, it might be cold. it might be raining. in florida it might be hot. you may not like to face the long lines or maybe not like the inconvenience or there may be poll watchers...
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, 75% support either civil unions or full marriage rights for same-sex couples. representative ferrandino, with the polling, do you think there is a way of coming back around and getting around this speaker or is this just one of those things that we are going to have to deal with at the polls and he would no longer be speaker? >> well, you know, for this year, we're done, unfortunately. yesterday it died in the state affairs committee on a party line vote. so we won't see this again this session. i would just point out that even in the republican base, at their state assembly, 46% of republicans voted for civil unions to have that in their platform. so republicans even support this. and we have three courageous republicanes who voted in favor of civil unions. at the end of the day we have an outpouring of people who support this. they are angry about how the process was done. it was undemocratic. it thwarted the will of the majority of the members of the house of representatives and i think they will be working hard it make sure that there's a different leadersh
, 75% support either civil unions or full marriage rights for same-sex couples. representative ferrandino, with the polling, do you think there is a way of coming back around and getting around this speaker or is this just one of those things that we are going to have to deal with at the polls and he would no longer be speaker? >> well, you know, for this year, we're done, unfortunately. yesterday it died in the state affairs committee on a party line vote. so we won't see this again this...
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they're teaming up for civil rights. don't miss this. you're watching "politics nation" on msnbc. >> typical mid kal class family of four will see an income tax hike of around $2200. how many of you can afford to pay another $2200 in taxes? not you? no, i didn't think so. [ mother ] you can't leave the table till you finish your vegetables. [ clock ticking ] [ male announcer ] there's a better way... v8 v-fusion. vegetable nutrition they need, fruit taste they love. could've had a v8. or...try kids boxes! anyone have occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas, bloating? yeah. one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. approved! [ phillips' lady ] live the regular life. phillips'. >>> have you joined the politics nation conversation on facebook yet? we hope you will. today, everyone loved the photo of the obamas posing with some adorable little el vs. connie says the first daughters are growing up to be beautiful young ladies. jenny says what an adorable p
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i would say that you were 100% right. there is a civil war going on among the leadership. remember, the leader used to brag about they didn't have leaders and what happened was they were hijacked by big money. that's what happened to the tea party. they are not the same tea party that you and i -- remember in that march when we walked past the demonstration on the lincoln memorial? that's not the same tea party that evolved. >> former congressman joe perriola and joe madison, thanks for coming on tonight. >> thanks. >>> protests pepper sprayed in michigan. the president just responded. big story tonight. >>> and a memo to the gop, when you've lost ann coulter on taxes, you know you're in trouble. stay with us. >>> we've told you how papa john's ceo is eating his words after criticizing the health care law. but he's not the only one. darden's restaurant which owns olive garden and red lobster and other chains says it will cut full-time hours so they wouldn't have to give them what was health insurance. they want service treated right and darden's anti-health care crab fest
i would say that you were 100% right. there is a civil war going on among the leadership. remember, the leader used to brag about they didn't have leaders and what happened was they were hijacked by big money. that's what happened to the tea party. they are not the same tea party that you and i -- remember in that march when we walked past the demonstration on the lincoln memorial? that's not the same tea party that evolved. >> former congressman joe perriola and joe madison, thanks for...